ياO أَباAbu (father of) نَهشَلٍNahshal نِداءُa call غَريبِa stranger
يا أَبا نَهشَلٍ نِداءُ غَريبِ
مُستَكينٍhumbled لِنازِلاتِto the visitations of الخُطوبِmisfortune
مُستَكينٍ لِنازِلاتِ الخُطوبِ
O Abu Nahshal, this is a stranger's call,
O Abu Nahshal, the call of a stranger
Humbled by the calamities that befall him,
A pitiful one for the afflictions of adversities
صابِرٍpatiently enduring مِنكَfrom you كُلَّevery يَومٍday عَلىwith جُمـentirety (first fragment)
صابِرٍ مِنكَ كُلَّ يَومٍ عَلى جُمـ
ـلَةِcompletion of 'entirety' هَذاthis الجَفاءِthe coldness وَالتَثريبِand the reproach
ـلَةِ هَذا الجَفاءِ وَالتَثريبِ
Enduring from you, each day, the whole
Patient with you every day over the entirety
Of this coldness and reproach,
Of this coldness and rebuke
عالِمٍknowing أَنَّthat لِلعَواقِبِfor the outcomes فيin أَمـaffair (first fragment)
عالِمٍ أَنَّ لِلعَواقِبِ في أَمـ
ـرِكَyour affair (completion) فِعلاًan effect يُرضيappeases غِضابَangry القُلوبِthe hearts
ـرِكَ فِعلاً يُرضي غِضابَ القُلوبِ
Knowing that the outcomes in your affairs
Knowing that for the consequences in your
Have an effect that appeases angry hearts.
Affair there is an action that satisfies the wrath of hearts
وَلَعَلَّand perhaps الزَمانَtime يُنجِزُfulfills وَعداًa promise
وَلَعَلَّ الزَمانَ يُنجِزُ وَعداً
فيكَconcerning you إِنَّindeed الزَمانَtime غَيرُnot كَذوبِa liar
فيكَ إِنَّ الزَمانَ غَيرُ كَذوبِ
And perhaps time will fulfill a promise
And perhaps time will fulfill a promise
Concerning you; indeed, time is no liar.
About you, indeed time is not a liar
وَمُقاميand my stay لَدَيكَwith you فيin هَذهِthis الحاthe condition (first fragment)
وَمُقامي لَدَيكَ في هَذهِ الحا
لِcompletion of 'condition' مُقامٌa stay يُزريis demeaning بِكُلِّto every أَديبِman of letters
لِ مُقامٌ يُزري بِكُلِّ أَديبِ
And my stay with you in this condition
And my stance with you in this state
Is a stay that demeans every man of letters:
Is a stance that vilifies every refined man
فيin لِباسِclothing المَصيفِsummer وَالوَقتُand the season قَدalready جاcame (first fragment)
في لِباسِ المَصيفِ وَالوَقتُ قَد جا
ءَcompletion of 'came' بِأَمرٍwith an occurrence مِنَfrom الشِتاءِwinter عَجيبِstrange
ءَ بِأَمرٍ مِنَ الشِتاءِ عَجيبِ
In summer clothing, while the season has already brought
In summer clothing while the time has brought
A strange visitation of winter.
A wondrous thing from winter
وَاللَياليand the nights يُنشِدنَthey recite شِعرَthe verse of أَبيAbu (father of) البَرal-Barq (first fragment)
وَاللَيالي يُنشِدنَ شِعرَ أَبي البَر
قِcompletion of 'al-Barq' ضُروباًforms شَتّىvaried بِوَقعِto the beat of الضَريبِfrost
قِ ضُروباً شَتّى بِوَقعِ الضَريبِ
And the nights recite the verse of Abu al-Barq
And the nights recite the poetry of Abu al-Baraq
In varied forms, to the beat of frost.
In various rhythms with the fall of rain
Sol 6.1